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  1. RIC offers discount to students at Fall River schoolRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Providence Journal

    As part of an effort to attract more out-of-state students, Rhode Island College is offering a $6,000 tuition break to Massachusetts students who transfer to the public four-year college from Bristol Community College in Fall River.

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    Related Topix: Rhode Island College, Providence, RI

  2. Bad weather prompts disaster declaration for RI farmersRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Providence Journal

    ... percent, he said. Vilsack also made the disaster declaration for New London and Windham Counties in Connecticut and Bristol, Norfolk and Worcester Counties in Massachusetts. Tags bad weather Rhode Island farms

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Connecticut

  3. Nona Mahoney, 86, a heroic survivora who endured many of lifea s trialsRead the original story

    Yesterday | The Boston Globe

    ... a theater company for actors with disabilities, died of pneumonia Oct. 15 in the St. Elizabeth Manor nursing home in Bristol, R.I. She was 86 and lived in Milton for many years. "She was, first of all, a heroic survivor, just an indomitable ...

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  4. TV documentary says Pearl Harbor attack expected

    Yesterday | Providence Journal

    ... protecting veterans' memorials become law Two recently enacted laws sponsored by Rep. Raymond E. Gallison Jr. (D-Bristol, Portsmouth) aim to ensure that memorials of veterans are given the respect they deserve. One of the approved bills caps the ...

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    Related Topix: US Military, US Air Force, Prison, Entertainment, Drama, Television, Portsmouth, RI

  5. Death noticesRead the original story

    Saturday Nov 28 | SouthCoastToday.com

    BANNISTER: of Bristol, R.I., formerly of Fall River and Swansea, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, retired Lt.

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  6. Melvin L. Layton, 76Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | Daily Journal

    ... Nov. 23, 2009, at South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland after a brief illness. Born in Bristol, R.I., he lived in Hoboken before moving to Millville at the age of 18. Mr. Layton worked for the city of Millville in the Streets ...

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  7. Swansea family trio charged with kidnapping man in R.I.Read the original story

    Thursday Nov 26 | The Boston Globe

    ... Robert Furtado of the Swansea police said that Anthony Andreozzi, 21, and his sister, Gina, 19, abducted a man in Bristol, R.I., Tuesday night, threatened him with a gun, and demanded money he owed them. Authorities say the brother and sister took ...

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    Related Topix: Swansea, MA

  8. Cops: Desperado family arrested after standoffRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | BostonHerald.com

    ... standoff ended what was already a wild night. Earlier, Anthony and his sister, Gina Andreozzi, had driven to Bristol, R.I., where they kidnapped an unidentified man, "looking to collect a debt," said Swansea Deputy Chief Robert Furtado. He said the ...

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  9. Harold R. Bannister, 94Read the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | The Standard-Times

    Harold R. Bannister Lt. Col., ARMOR Ret., "Banny," age 94, of Bristol, died November 23, 2009.

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    Related Topix: Massachusetts High School Sports, High School Sports, Alpine Skiing, Winter Sports

  10. 200 Pounds of Pot Seized in DartmouthRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | WLNE-TV Providence

    ... Bedford Police Department and Detective Robert Jacobs of the Fall River Police Department in conjunction with the Bristol District Attorney's Office State Police Narcotics Unit, State Police Truck Team, Dartmouth Police and ICE agents led to the ...

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  11. Man, children face charges in standoffRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Turnto10.com

    ... in a crib. According to The Herald News, police said Anthony Andreozzi and his sister, Gina Andreozzi, went to Bristol on Tuesday night, picked up a man where he worked and wouldn't let him leave the car. Police said the siblings tried to break into ...

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  12. Police: Kidnap attempt led to Swansea shotgun standoffRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 3 | Providence Journal

    ... night, Andreozzi, 21, and her younger brother, Anthony, 19, kidnapped the man at gunpoint from a rap-music studio in Bristol, R.I., and drove him back to his residence on Barneyville Road, where she tried to break into the apartment, Swansea Deputy ...

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    Related Topix: Swansea, MA, Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Rehoboth, MA

  13. Swansea family busted in standoff with policeRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Boston Herald

    ... robbery and assault, authorities said. Earlier in the evening, Anthony and his sister, Gina Andreozzi, had driven to Bristol, R.I., where they allegedly kidnapped an unidentified man, "looking to collect a debt," Furtado told the Herald. They held ...

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    Related Topix: Swansea, MA, Rehoboth, MA

  14. Three charged in Swansea standoffRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Boston Globe

    A Swansea father, his 21-year-old son, and his 19-year-old daughter are facing a variety of charges after the children allegedly kidnapped a man and the father and son scuffled with officers investigating the abduction, police said Anthony Andreozzi and his sister, Gina, allegedly kidnapped a man in Bristol, R.I., threatening him with a gun and ...

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  15. R.I. officers can now compel blood-alcohol samplingRead the original story

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Providence Journal

    ... THE LEGISLATION, signed into law two weeks ago by Governor Carcieri , was sponsored by Rep. Douglas W. Gablinske, D-Bristol, and Rep. John Brien, D-Woonsocket. Gablinske lost his father, William, in August 1971, after a speeding motorcyclist hit him ...

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    Related Topix: Woonsocket, RI, Providence, RI

  16. Iguanas perish but Portsmouth a

    Tuesday Nov 24 | Newport This Week

    ... and saved the house. Working alongside Portsmouth firefighters were firefighters from Tiverton and Middletown. Bristol firefighters covered the Portsmouth station. Deputy Chief Phil Simmons said that the housea s three occupants (Mr. Jones, his wife ...

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    Related Topix: Portsmouth, RI, Newport, RI, Tiverton, RI, Middletown, RI

  17. MassasoitRead the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Encyclopaedia Britannica

    Main Wampanoag chief (b. c. 1590, near present Bristol, R.I., U.S. - d. 1661, near Bristol), Wampanoag Indian chief who throughout his life maintained peaceful relations with English settlers in the area of the Plymouth Colony, Mass. Massasoit was ...

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  18. MADD: Red ribbon for car says 'Don't drink and drive'Read the original story

    Monday Nov 23 | Providence Journal

    ... I was." She and the police on Monday hailed a new law that the governor is expected to sign on Wednesday. Bowman, of Bristol, whose mother and friend were killed on Route 4 in 1999 as they headed from Narragansett to the Warwick Mall, joined ...

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    Related Topix: Narragansett, RI, Cranston, RI

  19. Easing the wayRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday Nov 20 | Newport This Week

    ... bench she used to share with her husband, Dick, at the park and beach at the corner of Hope and Walley streets in Bristol. Mr. Torrey died of lung cancer in August 2008. Dick Torrey as he appeared in 2006. He was under hospice care for about two ...

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    Related Topix: Medicine, Palliative Care, Travel, United Kingdom Travel, Bristol, United Kingdom Travel, Providence, RI, Barrington, RI

  20. Bristol woman loses teaching certificiateRead the original story

    Friday Nov 20 | WJAR-TV

    BRISTOL, R.I.a 'A Bristol teacher, who pleaded no contest to drunk driving charges, has lost her certificate to teach in Rhode Island.

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